So you're somebody nowBut what's a somebody in a nobody townI don't think you even know itSo you're somebody nowBut what's a somebody in a nobody town

The Professional has grown to be some sort of celebrity where she operates, but Abel cuts her down to size by saying her rise to fame is relative to her surroundings. She’s a celebrity compared to the nobodies who use her services, but if she takes a step outside her town, she’ll just be one of them, a nobody.

This can be interpreted as Abel talking about himself. He’s famous now. But his circle of fame is still small. He’s somebody, but he only recently traveled outside of Toronto for the first time in his life. Yet even with his rising popularity and recent experiences seeing the world, he doesn’t quite know how to handle it: